Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States

2025/2028(INI) · Own-initiative procedure

Procedure 2025/2028(INI) (own-initiative procedure) concerns “Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States”; the committee responsible is AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Concluded in Parliament: Last voted on 20 Jan 2026: adopted. Parliament held roll-call votes on one day, most recently on 20 Jan 2026 (final vote): adopted with 417 votes in favour, 234 against and 9 abstentions.

Reference: 2025/2028(INI)
Type: Own-initiative procedure
Status: Concluded in Parliament
Lead: AFCO Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Borja Giménez Larraz (EPP, Spain)
Shadow rapporteurs: Nikolas Farantouris (The Left, Greece), Reinier Van Lanschot (Greens/EFA, Netherlands), Idoia Mendia (S&D, Spain), Charles Goerens (Renew, Luxembourg), Patryk Jaki (ECR, Poland), Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal (PfE, Spain)

Roll-call votes in Parliament

Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States (A10-0252/2025), 20 Jan 2026: final vote, main vote: A10-0252/2025 – Borja Giménez Larraz – Motion for a resolution (as a whole), adopted, 417 for, 234 against, 9 abstentions; plus 12 more roll-call votes

Timeline

2 Dec 2024: Appointment of a rapporteur
23 Jan 2025: Proposal referred to plenary
10 Jun 2025: Parliamentary committee tabling report
3 Dec 2025: Adoption of a report by the EP committee responsible
8 Dec 2025: Tabling of a document to European Parliament plenary sitting

All procedures

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0, prepared by OpenRCV. Procedure file in the Legislative Observatory (OEIL)

Source: European Parliament, Open Data Portal (procedures, agendas, roll-call votes), CC BY 4.0. Names of steps, roles and procedure types from the European Parliament’s vocabulary.